I'm thankful.

Today I am thankful for the Thomas the Train table at Toys R Us which gave Daniel some excitement and a brief respit from his cranky mommy. I am not thankful for the train table at the front of the Toys R Us where the train cars were glued down so that nobody would steal them. "Stuck! Stuck!" Luckily, we discovered the Thomas table in the back of the store before we had a complete toddler meltdown.

I was also thankful that I was able to extract Daniel from the Thomas the Train table without too much drama. I told him a couple of time that we had to leave soon, then I told him that I would count to ten and we had to leave when I got to ten. He counted with me because he loves counting, but wasn't happy about what happened when we got to ten. He did his usual slide out of mommy's arms. I picked him up and told him that we could say "bye-bye" to Thomas. He didn't actually say bye-bye, but he stopped crying and appeared to be thinking about it. And we were able to pay for our stuff and leave the store without further drama. Wow.

Poor little bugaboo has a cold now. But he's still amazingly smiley. He's my little sweetheart. I'm thankful everyday for that sweet little face.

I'm thankful for a good conversation with my mother. Yes, that's what I said. We've finally found a good time to chat on the phone. Around 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. I'm usually bored and ready for some adult conversation.